Visualising the entire history of Calgary Flames draft picks

Photo Credit: Alaney2k/Wikimedia commonsThe Calgary Flames have been a part of the NHL Entry Draft now for what will be the 38th year. Over the history of the franchise, there have certainly been superstars as well as disappointments. That begs the question: how have the Flames’ drafts looked overall?

In almost four decades, the Flames amassed 367 prospects at the entry draft: 339 skaters and 28 goaltenders, all of which have donned the Flaming C on their fateful days over many Junes. Since then, countless iterations of the Calgary Flames have come and gone, but the stories and memories are far from forgotten.

To breakdown the entire Flames draft class, a few high-level measures were looked…